Dan Treado, All My Friends Are Prize Fighters Series, 1988, black & white photograph, 42 1/2 x 46 inches, ed. of 3.

>> Flashpoint Gallery’s new installation by artist Megan Mueller combines sculpture and drawing with repetitive gestures and mark-making to create nostalgic landscapes that also explore human tendencies and connections. I Built This For You, her first solo show, opens Friday with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Mueller will also give a talk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on June 24 at 1:30 p.m., so mark your calendars.

>> Addison/Ripley Fine Art presents Click: Space and Time, a photographic representation of two-dimensional space at a fixed moment in time as captured by Maxwell Mackenzie, Mary Noble Ours, Tom Wolf, and Wee Gee, to name just a few, in their own unique styles. The opening reception is on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.

>> Join leading Spanish and American designers for a panel discussion on the role and impact of place on the creative community, part of We Made This: Creativity and Identity, which celebrates the launch of WEMADETHIS.ES, on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Hirshhorn Museum‘s Ring Auditorium. Free.

>> Join in a community meeting to discuss the future of the Corcoran. Put on by Civilian Art Projects, this meeting seeks to engage the community to discuss the facts and possible solutions that do not include selling the building. The invite advises those that want to champion the sale of the building to do so elsewhere, as this meeting is to explore other options. Thursday, 6 p.m.

>> In The National Gallery of Art‘s East Building Auditorium catch Miró: The Phosphorescent Trails of Snails, a docufiction study of the Surrealist painter’s use of color, symbol, and form, at 12:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday (the film runs 54 minutes – perfect for a lunchtime retreat). On Saturday, Paul Goodman Changed My Life, a documentary on the outspoken philosopher, at 1 p.m. At 3:30 p.m., The Black Maria: Selections from the Festival highlights film shorts from the December 2011 judging. Then, on Sunday, Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) shows at 4:30 p.m. (if the actors look a little flat to you, it’s because they are actually colorful photographic cutouts as stand-ins). All films are free with first-come, first-served seating.

>> The Fridge hosts a one-weekend play by artist Tom Block whose large-scale paintings currently on exhibit will set the backdrop of the performance. White Noise explores spirituality and inner conflict with the paintings representing the psyche of a traveling painter, the main character. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.

>> A soon-to-be demolished warehouse located at 2030 8th Street, NW, will be transformed in a one-night party on Friday. Over 60 artists will be Blended with music and performance in a benefit to support the community and youth outreach by Albus Cavus. Doors open at 6 p.m., performances start jumping at 7 p.m. $10 plus cash bar and food trucks.

>> Twelve masters students from the Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Sculpture + Extended Media MFA program (#1 ranked grad school sculpture program) will show off their work at Artisphere starting Thursday. Suzanne is a curious collection of sculptural and larger-scale media pieces and represents the eccentric talents and broad range of styles for which the program is known. Opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Terrace Gallery.

>> Hemphill Fine Arts hosts a reception for the duo-show of William Willis: Keeping It Alive and Steven Cushner: Works on Paper opening Friday. 6 to 8 p.m.

>> Saturday is the reception for artDC Gallery’s annual mixed-media Patron Show, which highlights work from artists who support artdc.org, a forum bringing together the artist community in the D.C. area since 2005. 7 to 9:30 p.m

Art Notes:

• Foon Sham discusses his current exhibition at Project 4 Gallery tonight at 7 p.m.
• L’Eclat de Verre in Chevy Chase celebrates their first birthday with hors d’oeuvres and beverages at 6 p.m. Friday. The first 25 guests will receive a small framed artwork completed in the French style for which the frame shop is known, so get their early.
• Washington Project for the Arts hosts a public talk with visiting curator Meiya Cheng on Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at UBS Financial Services Auditorium. Free, but RSVP required.
• Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center hosts a reception for Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m., with remarks by the curators at 7 p.m.
• Saturday welcomes the Ballston Arts & Crafts Market for the first of five dates in the 2012 season. 10 to 4 p.m.
• Friday is the monthly Bethesda Art Walk with public art, photography, paintings, sculpture, and more, from participating galleries and studios. 6 to 9 p.m.
• The Bethesda Art Market returns on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with nearly 30 local artists and artisans.
• Artomatic features the first-ever performance of Opening Night: A Roadkill Opera – Music from 1804. Action set in 1988. A new opera (in just 59 minutes) – Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and a concert performance on Saturday from 9 to 10 p.m.
• Smith Commons hosts a reception for street artists Gaia, who created the mural Dusk of H Street on the side of the restaurant’s building, Sunday at 5 p.m. RSVP required.
• An exhibition of work from the Grey Carter-Objects of Art Gallery opens with a reception at Art Enables’ Off-Rhode Studio on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., with a discussion on collecting art at 2 p.m.
• Make it Mount Pleasant, a handmade craft and vintage market, brings together artists and local business with a full day of events. Sunday from 12 to 6 p.m.